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00:00Hi!
00:01Hi!
00:02How are you?
00:03Pandora!
00:04Pandora!
00:05What you need to do is get control of Pandora.
00:07If dogs go wild...
00:10They are absolutely nuts.
00:13Is the dog around?
00:15I can't control them.
00:17Come on now, big boy.
00:18Nathan thinks he can read.
00:20Sure he can.
00:21He can't.
00:22He's a dog.
00:23And get up.
00:24Oh, here we go.
00:25No, get down.
00:26To no good.
00:27It's not as me now, is it?
00:28I'm honoured.
00:29Or down.
00:30Oh, no.
00:31And dirty.
00:32He loves a big, large crap.
00:35Oh, Tank likes to rub his boy parts.
00:40What is going on with you, Tank?
00:42When pups...
00:43I wonder what we're going to learn today.
00:45...need to be schooled.
00:46Three, two, one, and sit.
00:48Fantastic.
00:49Look at that.
00:50Or if your pooch...
00:52He's dropped one.
00:53He got a whiff.
00:54...has a personal problem.
00:56Some dogs have bacterias that are gas-producing.
00:59Just in case.
01:01One man...
01:02Hey, look at that!
01:04...will give it his all.
01:06Jack!
01:07Oi!
01:08Leave it.
01:09...and get answers...
01:10I think I might know what's going on, and it's not what you think.
01:13...to any doggy dilemma.
01:15Yeah, that's next level, innit?
01:17Hewie!
01:18Stop it!
01:19This week...
01:20Oh, no!
01:21...a cockapoo's dirty obsession...
01:23Ugh!
01:24Straight out of her backside as well.
01:26...is turning an entire community's stomach.
01:29It is the most gross thing that I've ever seen.
01:32No!
01:33...back at Graham's puppy school...
01:35Grab a seat, by the way.
01:36...a new student disrupts class.
01:38Oh, dear.
01:39He's like, blimey, okay, first day at school.
01:41...and could this be the most destructive dog ever?
01:42He's got me.
01:43Crikey!
01:44I mean, he's next level, that dog.
01:45I don't remember walking into a house and seeing it quite like that.
01:48Thousands of pounds of stuff that he's destroyed.
01:51But who's really to blame for the carnage?
01:54Is grandad tough or soft?
01:56Soft.
01:57Ha!
01:58Ha!
01:59Ha!
02:00Ha!
02:01Ha!
02:02Ha!
02:03Ha!
02:04Ha!
02:05Ha!
02:06Ha!
02:07Ha!
02:08Ha!
02:09Graham's at home, fuelling up for a full-on week ahead.
02:14Beacon, you can't beat it, can you?
02:17I'm a man of simple taste, really.
02:19But I know when to stop.
02:21But I'm going to go see a dog who will eat and eat and eat.
02:24So, um, I'm going to make sure I've eaten this bacon pussy
02:27before I get anywhere near him.
02:29Or it'll be gone.
02:32Over in Bexley, south-east London, beauty therapist Trish,
02:36cockapoo Hughie and his mum Lucy...
02:39Come on!
02:40You little poopinator.
02:41..are desperate for Graham's help.
02:44I'm really excited to meet Graham today.
02:46Hopefully he can help me with this situation.
02:49Graham needn't have worried about that bacon sarnie.
02:54What's he doing?
02:55Oh, no!
02:58Ten-month-old Hughie...
03:02..is after a much dirtier breakfast.
03:05Oh, straight out of her backside as well.
03:07Hughie, stop! Stop!
03:09Oh, dirty boy.
03:11Stop.
03:12Morning!
03:13You must be Trish.
03:14Yes, I am.
03:15Nice to meet you.
03:16Yeah.
03:17Oh, yeah.
03:18That's not very nice.
03:19No.
03:20Don't you feed him?
03:21I definitely feed him.
03:23He just prefers dog sausage, doesn't he?
03:25Yeah.
03:26Yeah.
03:27Hughie seems to be taking the poo in Cockapoo very literally.
03:31Hughie!
03:32Hughie's favourite snack in the whole wide world
03:35is definitely a big, large crap.
03:39Hughie!
03:40Stop it!
03:41The smellier and the more fresh it is, the better.
03:44So fresh.
03:45Hughie, stop!
03:46He doesn't wait for it to hit the ground.
03:48He will try to eat it directly as it's coming out of their bums.
03:54Oh, my God!
03:56Hughie!
03:57He'd probably eat as much as he can.
03:59Like, it would literally be a poo buffet.
04:02Hughie, stop!
04:03And he's not picky.
04:04Is he eating more poo?
04:06Oh, yeah.
04:07Other dog walkers, they must be thinking it's really disgusting.
04:12No, Hughie.
04:14It makes me feel completely sick.
04:17Oh, no!
04:19Not the sort of thing you want to be seeing,
04:20especially not first thing in the morning.
04:22Hughie!
04:23No matter how fast Trish is...
04:24Stop it!
04:25Hughie still pops up in the right place
04:27for a whiffy Mr Whippy.
04:30Hughie has got a detector
04:32for when dogs are laying down their poo.
04:35It's like he can hear it coming down the intestines.
04:38It must be like when you hear the ice cream fan coming
04:41and it's all like...
04:42Do-do-do-do-do-do-do!
04:46Hughie!
04:47He can hear that coming from the dog's arse, basically.
04:51Stop it!
04:52I don't know if it's a behavioural issue
04:55or if it's something more serious,
04:57like a deficiency that he has.
04:59So it would be good to get to the bottom of it.
05:03No pun intended.
05:05To stop Hughie's horrid habit, naughty boy.
05:09Graham needs to know what's causing it.
05:12Why do you think he does it?
05:13I have no idea.
05:14I wish I knew.
05:15OK, I wish I knew, I'll be honest.
05:17Yeah.
05:18It's not as rare as you think to see a dog eat poo.
05:21Yeah.
05:22But it's really rare to see a dog do what your dog's doing.
05:25I know.
05:26You know, straight from the source.
05:28Oh, God, he's doing it again.
05:31Hughie!
05:33Urgh.
05:35Dirty dog.
05:37Do you worry about, you know, what could be in that poo?
05:39Definitely.
05:40There have been times I've had to take Hughie to the vets,
05:43not long ago, actually, and the vets said that he had colitis
05:48and that it was likely the cause was from eating so much poo.
05:52So that's inflammation of the colon.
05:55This is one of those cases that's kind of funny on the surface
05:58and you have a bit of a, oh, no giggle about it,
06:00but once you've got over that,
06:02you realise that actually this is quite serious.
06:06So, Lucy's mum, Hughie's the son of,
06:08how come you ended up with the two of them?
06:10Lucy, when she was given birth,
06:12we found out that she actually had ten puppies inside
06:16and, unfortunately, two of the puppies were stuck in the birth canal.
06:20Hughie was the only survivor.
06:22Oh, wow. Out of all ten?
06:23Yeah, out of the whole ten.
06:26Lucy was so unwell after the birth, Trish had to step in.
06:30When he was a baby and he was born, I had to hand-rear him
06:34and he would just love to have skin connection.
06:38It was almost like having a real baby.
06:42Sole survivor Hughie and Trish became inseparable.
06:47I love Lucy, but the bond is even stronger with Hughie,
06:51which is why I really don't want to have to think about rehoming him.
06:56How do you feel about this for the next 15 years?
07:00I need to be able to find a solution to deal with this
07:03because it's just disgusting.
07:05Yeah, yeah.
07:06I love him, but this has got to stop.
07:08But there's a serious worry.
07:10All right, come on.
07:11Graham's concerned Hughie's dirty addiction
07:14isn't behavioural, but medical.
07:17Because this is so unusual,
07:19I just wonder whether there might be something else going on here.
07:22So I really want to take a bit of advice.
07:24Hughie!
07:25Doing what he's doing is putting him in danger, real danger.
07:28If she lost this dog, ten out of ten puppies,
07:32can you imagine how that would be?
07:35Coming up, Graham's search for answers takes a turn.
07:39So a lot of cock-a-poos with this kind of problem.
07:4250% of my intake is a cock-a-poo or a something-poo.
07:45Which could derail any hopes for fixing it.
07:48OK, so we've got our first set of results.
07:51Back at Graham's puppy school, a juvenile delinquent...
07:55Super distracted, eh?
07:57Yeah, he's just not interested.
07:58No.
07:59..is vying for class clown.
08:01You know when you said you wanted an energetic dog?
08:03..and a Labrador with an appetite for destruction...
08:06We used to have a nice rug down here, dining room table.
08:10..is leaving a grandad isolated.
08:13We used to have family social gatherings here in the garden.
08:16..it's not like that now, which affects my dad massively.
08:26What's he doing?
08:27Graham's in Bexley, south-east London.
08:30Oh, no.
08:31..where pooey Huey's horrid hunger for piping hot...
08:36..ugh.
08:37Huey, stop!
08:38..doggy do's...
08:39..the smellier and the more fresh it is, the better.
08:42..is stressing out Trish.
08:44Oh, God, he's doing it again.
08:45Huey, stop!
08:46..and leaving fellow dog walkers horrified.
08:49Not the sort of thing you want to be seeing,
08:51especially not first thing in the morning.
08:53Stop, stop, stop!
08:55It's really important we knock this problem on the head
08:57because Patricia's extremely embarrassing.
08:59And I'm also thinking, sooner or later,
09:01he's going to pick on the one dog
09:03that really, really doesn't like it.
09:06Graham fears it's more than bad behaviour.
09:09Huey, stop!
09:10And a medical issue could derail any training.
09:14Because this is so unusual,
09:16I just want to take some advice from a vet
09:18that I know, I've worked with before.
09:20Dr Charlotte Gray is a veterinary surgeon
09:23with a focus on clinical nutrition.
09:26Charlie, this is Trish.
09:28Hiya. Hello.
09:29And Huey.
09:31So what reasons are there for a dog eating poo?
09:33There are a few.
09:35Some dogs learn it because, as puppies,
09:37their mum will eat the poo to keep the nest clean.
09:40And actually there are some puppies
09:42who will start doing that and just never really stop.
09:45Huey was an only pup.
09:47And all that extra fuss from his furry mum
09:50may have shaped his horrid habit.
09:52But there could be a genetic quirk at play too.
09:56He is a cockapoo.
09:57Based on my client base in the nutrition clinic,
10:00that always makes me a little bit suspicious
10:02that maybe there's a reason that started it off.
10:05So a lot of cockapoos with this kind of problem?
10:07Yeah.
10:08A disproportionate number of cockapoos
10:09that have got odd food behaviours.
10:11Oh.
10:1250% of my intake is a cockapoo or a something poo.
10:15Right.
10:16Who actually have an illness
10:17that's causing them some discomfort or some nausea.
10:20Which sounds back to front,
10:21given that you'd think if they felt sick
10:23that eating poo would be the last thing on your mind.
10:26It's never worked for me.
10:27No.
10:28It's never been my favourite hanging to cure.
10:30No.
10:31With cockapoos prone to tummy troubles,
10:33Hughie may be eating poo because he's uncomfortable.
10:36So it'd be nice if we could have a look at him, I think,
10:38have a feel of his tummy.
10:39Come on in, baby.
10:40Sorry, Hughie, you're not the smallest cockapoo, are you?
10:42He's not, is he?
10:43Hello.
10:44Well, he's had his phone this morning.
10:45How are you?
10:46Oh, great.
10:47Don't lick me face.
10:48Good boy.
10:49Well done.
10:50First, a once-over to check for soreness.
10:53He's not tense at all.
10:55He doesn't seem too worried.
10:56With no obvious signs of pain,
10:58a blood test could show if anything's off.
11:01Almost done.
11:03OK, well done.
11:06So that's Hughie's blood.
11:08The only test we've got left to do is the poo test.
11:11Collect some poo in one of these poo pots
11:15that will tell us whether there's inflammation high up his gut.
11:18The poo test will take a few weeks, but with a lab on site,
11:22his bloods can be checked straight away.
11:25OK, so we've got our first set of results.
11:28And so far, it's good news.
11:30He's not got any signs of anaemia, he's got no signs of infection.
11:33So, overall, this is normal.
11:36Am I OK to carry on with some training?
11:38Yes.
11:39Well, so far, so reassuring, I think.
11:41Yeah, thank you very much.
11:42My pleasure.
11:43Hopefully we get him sorted out.
11:44Yeah.
11:45All right, we'll crack on.
11:46While there's still more results to come back,
11:49the blood tests point to Hughie's poo passion as a learned behaviour,
11:53not a medical one.
11:55Well, I'm glad we've got the go-ahead to do the training,
11:57which is great.
11:58Except, I don't know how I'm going to do it.
12:01Hughie!
12:02No!
12:03I mean, think about it.
12:04Dog training is all about repetition,
12:06and I'm going to have to get Hughie to step away from the poo repeatedly,
12:09which means I'm going to have to get a load of dogs to sort of poo on command,
12:14otherwise we're going to be there all day.
12:16Graham's ready to get his hands dirty,
12:18but cracking Hughie's filthy fixation will take more than a whiff of inspiration.
12:24In the meantime, he's back in Bicester in Oxfordshire,
12:29where he's recently opened his new puppy school.
12:33I started my journey as a professional dog trainer,
12:36doing dog, and particularly puppy classes,
12:39and then I kind of moved away from that,
12:41and I've been going around the country,
12:43helping people with badly behaved dogs.
12:45Quite nice to work with puppies again.
12:47He's brought together a class of new puppy owners
12:50to guide them through the key training milestones.
12:53Good girl!
12:54I wonder what we're going to learn today!
12:56From around 12 weeks old, puppies need clear, focused lessons
13:01to shape good behaviour.
13:03You're going to be wild trying by the end of this.
13:05Graham knows only too well...
13:08Without that early guidance...
13:11..these cuties can grow into his usual clientele.
13:15No, Kevin!
13:19The last lesson was all about socialisation.
13:22When things start to go a little bit iffy, don't look nervous.
13:25By around 12 weeks, fully vaccinated pups
13:28can finally get out and explore,
13:30helping them get used to the sights,
13:32sounds and smells around them.
13:35Good boy, Tony!
13:36Good boy!
13:37Good boy!
13:38He has to get a motorbike, son.
13:39Yeah.
13:40Well, today's milestone is something
13:42that's as fundamental for dogs as,
13:45well, like the ABCs, one, two, threes, for little humans,
13:48so it's really important that they get this.
13:50Returning our rescue Winnie,
13:53family dog Sydney,
13:56break-up pup Boo,
13:58and farm dog Mr Todd,
14:00and introducing new student Loki.
14:03Are you all excited?
14:05Lorraine, come on through!
14:08Nice to meet you!
14:09Hello!
14:10So, Loki, he's a Wiesler, isn't he?
14:13He is, yeah.
14:14Hungarian Wiesler.
14:15Grab a seat, by the way.
14:17Yeah.
14:18Oh, dear.
14:19Oh, hello.
14:20Looks like Winnie needs more socialisation training.
14:23Oh, dear.
14:24He's like, blimey, okay, first day at school.
14:27Yeah.
14:28Winnie.
14:29Come here.
14:30Well, welcome to our little merry band.
14:32How old is he?
14:33He's 15 weeks.
14:3415 weeks.
14:35He's a big lad for 15 weeks, isn't he, eh?
14:36Yeah.
14:37Recently retired child protection officer Lorraine
14:41isn't putting her feet up just yet.
14:43My plans with Loki are to go on adventures.
14:46He's a breed that loves to run and explore,
14:50and so I'm hoping that we can go off and do that
14:53when he's a little bit bigger.
14:55It's not going to be a quiet retirement at all.
14:58It's going to be an exciting one.
15:00You made a good choice there, then.
15:02Oh, yeah.
15:03They're definitely energetic.
15:04I'll give you that.
15:05I know.
15:06Today, we're moving on a bit.
15:08There's a really essential set of skills
15:10that I want to teach you,
15:12and these are all about building a bond,
15:14teaching the dogs how to respond to your cues.
15:17Basically, we're going to tell them to do something
15:19and teach them how to do it.
15:21Vocal cues or commands are a big early lesson.
15:25The first are sit and stay,
15:28which aren't just good manners.
15:30They're about safety, keeping pups out of trouble.
15:33Hello, Mr Todd.
15:34When it comes to teaching sit, Graham has a tip.
15:38Actions speak louder than words.
15:41So, he's not sitting.
15:43First, Graham gets Mr Todd's attention with a treat,
15:46then raises it up.
15:48We move it over his head.
15:50And he naturally sits down.
15:52Good.
15:53There you go.
15:54Now, can anybody tell me what I'm not doing?
15:57You didn't say the word sit.
15:59Hang on.
16:00Why would I not be saying sit?
16:02We are doing sit training, after all.
16:03Because he doesn't know what it means.
16:05He doesn't know what it means.
16:06You're absolutely right, Lorraine.
16:08First, we get him doing the action, playing a game.
16:10Oh, right.
16:11I touch my bum on the ground.
16:13You give me one of those treats.
16:15Then and only then do we start to say sit.
16:18We do say actions speak louder than words.
16:20And we're human.
16:21We're pretty good at words.
16:23Puppies aren't so good.
16:25That's why I always teach action first and then tell them the word.
16:29So by prompting the action, Graham then adds the keyword.
16:35Sit.
16:36And by repeating...
16:38Sit.
16:39..he connects the word to the action.
16:42Good.
16:43After just a few attempts...
16:44Sit.
16:45..he's got it.
16:46Good boy!
16:48And that's a general principle you're going to see in all doctrine.
16:51You show them what you mean and then you label it.
16:54You give it a name.
16:55That's your cue.
16:57Off you go.
16:58Can the class copy Graham's success?
17:01Sit.
17:02Mr Todd...
17:03Sit.
17:04..is first to understand.
17:05Sit.
17:06Soon rescue pup Winnie...
17:08Good girl.
17:09Sit.
17:10..little Boo...
17:11Look at that.
17:12..and finally Sydney...
17:13Sit.
17:14..all master the vocal cue.
17:16Sit.
17:17..but new boy Loki...
17:18Move your hand up, Lorraine.
17:19..doesn't seem interested in studying.
17:21Super distracted, eh?
17:23Yeah, he's just not interested.
17:25No.
17:26He just wants to play.
17:27So if you get your treat, so...
17:29Hey, hey, hey, what's this?
17:31Up and above, but not to a jumping point.
17:34Boom, there you go.
17:35Does that make sense?
17:36Yeah.
17:37So you're doing that with it?
17:38Yeah.
17:39You're luring him into position.
17:40Have your treat ready and I'll give you a chance.
17:42For Loki, Lorraine's treats are no match to playing with another pup.
17:46You know when you said you wanted an energetic dog, right?
17:49Half the work in puppy training is getting and keeping their attention.
17:54And Loki is younger than the others.
17:56Lorraine is having a bit of a hard time.
17:58But the worst thing she can do right now is give up.
18:01And Graham's come prepared.
18:04Right, let's try something different.
18:06A much tastier treat.
18:08Ooh, you like that, don't you?
18:09Sit.
18:10Instantly gets Loki's attention.
18:12Great.
18:13With Loki back on task, it's time for the pup's first oral exam.
18:18Right, let's see if we can get all the dogs to sit at the same time if I cure you.
18:23So if we get them all standing up, three, two, one, sit.
18:32Sit.
18:33Good boy.
18:34Fantastic.
18:35Look at that.
18:36It's a great start.
18:37How are we feeling about it?
18:38Happy?
18:39Good.
18:40So the next lesson is going to be stay.
18:42But here's the catch.
18:43I want you to get your dogs to stay without ever saying the word stay.
18:48Coming up, Graham's giving the pups the silent treatment.
18:56He's cocked me.
18:57He meets a Labrador ransacking a retiree's home.
19:00We've always had birthdays and different events here.
19:04Since I've had Ziggy, we haven't been able to do that.
19:07And will Pooey Huey...
19:09Are you ready?
19:10...kick his filthy fix.
19:11Now, go on, call him.
19:13Huey!
19:14Graham Hall's new puppy school is up and running.
19:20And today he's teaching his four-legged pupils...
19:23Sit.
19:24...queues or commands.
19:25Good boy.
19:26So far, they've learnt sit.
19:29Three, two, one, sit.
19:31Sit.
19:32Good boy.
19:33Fantastic. Look at that.
19:34Graham's next lesson is stay.
19:37There are lots of times when we might want a dog to stay or wait,
19:40just hang fire, basically.
19:42We might be crossing the road, we might be about to go through a gate.
19:45When it comes to stay, Graham's tip, silence is golden.
19:51And to demonstrate...
19:53Would you take a seat for a second, please?
19:55Certainly.
19:56Thank you very much.
19:57Good.
19:58But sometimes we need our dogs to sit or lie down for a period of time.
20:02Normally we think of that as maybe stay or even wait.
20:05And I do that without saying either of those two words.
20:08Is he still sat there?
20:10He is, yeah.
20:11He sure is.
20:12He is, yeah.
20:13Why is he sat there?
20:15I was told to.
20:17Did anybody say stay?
20:19No.
20:20Point being, why don't we teach dogs that sit means sit and keep sitting?
20:26Wouldn't that be simpler?
20:27Yeah.
20:28You can join the group now, Colin.
20:29Thank you very much for helping out there.
20:31Making a dog sit and stay has two challenges.
20:34Time and distance.
20:36How far you can move away from the dog before they give chase.
20:40First, Graham's tackling time.
20:43Hello, Boo.
20:44Come with me.
20:45There you go.
20:46Come on then.
20:47Hello.
20:48You know how to do sit, don't you?
20:50Sit.
20:51Good.
20:52There you go.
20:54Sit.
20:55Ah, no.
20:58Good.
20:59So, she's beginning to learn when he says sit and I sit, maybe there's a gap in time.
21:04Sit.
21:05Now, Graham extends the time he makes her sit before giving the treat.
21:10Maybe it's a second or two before I actually get it.
21:13Sit.
21:16Good.
21:17Clever girl.
21:18I wasn't counting.
21:19What was that, five seconds?
21:20And before long, Boo's patiently sitting for 20 seconds.
21:24How many times did I say stay?
21:26None.
21:27No times.
21:28Don't need it, do you?
21:29Sit and keep sitting is what we're teaching them, yeah?
21:32Distance is the next challenge and Graham needs a new volunteer.
21:37Now, to start with, good boy.
21:40I'll take a step back.
21:41Step back in.
21:42Good boy.
21:43There's no point going ten feet backwards because he ain't got the hang of that yet.
21:48There you go.
21:49Good boy.
21:50Sit.
21:51Sit.
21:52For the pups, the game is easy.
21:54Sit.
21:55Don't move and the treat will come to you.
21:58Good.
21:59Couple of little steps, yeah?
22:00Good boy.
22:01That's all right.
22:02We dropped it.
22:03Sit.
22:04Good.
22:05Clever boy.
22:06Good.
22:07Clever boy.
22:08And then we build it up from there.
22:09And within just a few minutes...
22:10Good boy.
22:11Good boy.
22:12There you go.
22:13Go on then.
22:14That'll do.
22:15Can the group get their pups to sit and stay without saying a word?
22:27Just to add a bit of spice to it, that's the finish line.
22:30If you can get as far as this finish line, even for a second or two, fantastic.
22:35All right, team.
22:36Best of luck.
22:37Three, two, one, off you go.
22:39To pass the test, each pup must sit and stay until their human returns from the finish line.
22:44Are you set?
22:46Robert and Winnie take an early lead.
22:49You're nearly there.
22:50Keep going.
22:51Another step.
22:54Well done, Rob.
22:55You've nailed it.
22:56Go back and feed your dog.
22:57Fantastic.
22:58Good.
22:59Go.
23:00One down, four to go.
23:02That's it.
23:03What's the team game going on here with Mary and Colin?
23:05Toddy.
23:06Very good.
23:07While Loki and Mr Todd distract each other, Ruby, with Sydney, is almost over the line.
23:13You're there, girl.
23:14On you go.
23:15That's it.
23:16Well done.
23:17But Sydney's enthusiasm gets the better of him.
23:18Oh, no.
23:19Do you know what?
23:20I'm not going to allow that, Ruby, because your dog broke the sit at the last minute.
23:23Try again.
23:24You had it, Ruby.
23:25Toddy.
23:26Good boy.
23:27Nice.
23:28Good boy.
23:29Oh.
23:30Good boy.
23:31Okay.
23:32All right.
23:33Well done.
23:34Good boy.
23:35Well done, Ruby.
23:36Right.
23:37Off you go.
23:38You nailed it.
23:39Well done.
23:40You're finished.
23:41Brilliant.
23:42Super.
23:43While Lorraine struggles with Loki, Colin's steaming ahead with Mr Todd.
23:46That's it.
23:47You're getting there, Colin.
23:48One more step.
23:49Right, mate.
23:50Back to your dog.
23:51Well done.
23:52Brilliant.
23:53And Charlotte and little Boo...
23:54All right, Charlotte, you're nearly there.
23:56...are taking things easy.
23:58Oh, very good.
23:59All right.
24:00I'm all right with that.
24:01Leaving just new pup Loki and Lorraine.
24:05Uh...
24:06Loki.
24:07Here.
24:08Here.
24:09I think Loki's struggling because it's a new environment, lots of new friends that he wants
24:16to interact with.
24:17I don't seem to exist when they're there.
24:20If Loki's ever to become Lorraine's travelling buddy, he needs to learn to listen.
24:26Sit.
24:31Oh, lovely.
24:32And after ten long minutes...
24:34Well done, Lorraine.
24:35That's better.
24:36..he's finally got it.
24:38Good boy.
24:39It's a good boy.
24:40Well done.
24:41Good boy.
24:42Well, I think give yourselves a round of applause, everybody.
24:44I think you did really well there.
24:46Fantastic.
24:47Good.
24:48All right.
24:49They've all got their own abilities.
24:51You know, some dogs it was easier than others.
24:53For Loki, it's his first day at puppy school.
24:55You know, I think he's done amazingly well.
24:57It's his first time interacting with so many dogs.
25:00And playing with them.
25:01And then the learning.
25:02Yeah.
25:03Really enjoyed it.
25:04Loved it.
25:05And yeah, just so worth it.
25:07Next time, more milestones.
25:09But in the meantime, do go away and practice.
25:11Obviously, the hard work starts when you leave here.
25:14And send me those little videos.
25:15I'd love to see how you're getting on.
25:17Graham believes puppy training, getting those crucial boundaries in early,
25:21is what sets up a well-behaved dog.
25:24And his next case, just down the road in Oxford,
25:27shows exactly what happens when there are no boundaries.
25:31Hello.
25:32Hi.
25:33Hi.
25:34Nice to meet you.
25:35Lauren, yeah?
25:36Yeah, Lauren.
25:37And?
25:38Zachary.
25:39Zachary.
25:40Hello, Zachary.
25:41Come on in.
25:42Come into the kennel.
25:43Lauren's called Graham to help her dad, Richard.
25:44But maybe the police might have been more appropriate.
25:45Looks like the place has been ransacked.
25:46Graham.
25:47Nice to meet you.
25:48Nice to meet you.
25:49Richard, yeah?
25:50Yeah, that's right.
25:51Nice to meet you, Richard.
25:52And the culprit, Courtred Pored.
25:53Is that Ziggy, is it?
25:54Yes, you can see what we're...
25:55Hello, Ziggy.
25:56Hello, yeah.
25:57See what we're up against.
25:58Oh, blimey.
25:59I see.
26:00So he destroys sock furnishings, does he?
26:01He does.
26:02Anything he can get his teeth round.
26:04It's a bit bare, isn't it?
26:05It is, literally.
26:06Yeah.
26:07It's a kennel.
26:08It's his kennel.
26:09Since arriving, 20-month-old Ziggy has systematically destroyed everything in recently retired engineer
26:25Richard's house.
26:26He's got me.
26:27I've not known anybody that's had a dog that's destroyed things like Ziggy does.
26:32Right, let go.
26:33Because if there is something within reach, he will grab it.
26:36And while you're taking that off him, right, he can be taking the handkerchief out of
26:42your pocket.
26:43Oh, Ziggy.
26:45We would be talking thousands of pounds of stuff that he's destroyed.
26:49Richard's not exaggerating.
26:51This used to be his best settee.
26:54He's slowly demolished that over, like, an 18-month period.
26:58It's a little bit uncomfortable.
27:00I find it very stressful.
27:02Because you can't rest and relax for one minute.
27:06No wonder.
27:07There's nowhere left to relax.
27:09It's preventing me from having a peaceful time.
27:14It's preventing people visiting, particularly my grandchildren.
27:19Proud granddad of three, Richard's house used to be the hub of family celebrations.
27:25We've always had birthdays, Christmases, and different events here, with all the family coming over and enjoying time here.
27:35But unfortunately, since I've had Ziggy, we haven't been able to do that.
27:40And if grandson Zach does visit, playtime's under lock and key.
27:45This is a toy cupboard, and also where Zach can sit and do some colouring or painting.
27:52We can't get it out because the dog's just potentially going to come in and take something.
27:57The rest of the family think I'm mad, because they think I should be able to control him a bit better.
28:04The table is on top of there.
28:06I did notice there was a table on your sofa.
28:08Yeah, it's upside down, because it stops him actually making a hole in the settee.
28:13And I've saved the cushions.
28:15How are you?
28:16They're upstairs.
28:17So anything that can be moved, I've moved.
28:20Do you know, if you played the game of who would live in a house like this, you would...
28:24I reckon you would say, oh, that's a student dig, isn't it?
28:27We used to have a nice rug down here, a great big rug.
28:30We had a dining room table.
28:32So, yeah, it's very bare, isn't it?
28:35You definitely wouldn't think a retired gentleman enjoying his time
28:39surrounded by all the things that you collect over a lifetime.
28:42He's brought it back here.
28:44He's starting to rip that up, you know.
28:46Go on, then, how are you getting off me?
28:47You see if you can catch him, Zach.
28:48All right, Zach's your man.
28:50Oh, he's fast.
28:51Yes.
28:53Right.
28:54Oh, I see.
28:55Now, let go, Ziggy.
28:58Ah, no.
29:00He's like, I've got it, I'm not letting go.
29:02He's not letting that go, is he?
29:03Now, what's the solution?
29:05Well, the solution that I've found is not to leave anything out.
29:09Right.
29:10Richard's fix to Ziggy's destructive behaviour...
29:13He will eventually give up on it.
29:15..has been to simply ignore it.
29:18There.
29:19Ah, well done.
29:20..it's not just Grandad's house that's wrecked.
29:23His garden looks like no man's land.
29:26Oh, blimey.
29:27Have you had many unexploded bombs round here?
29:29Ziggy's impact has been genuinely devastating.
29:33Zach and his grandad are really close.
29:35And it is so nice that they have such a bond...
29:37Yeah.
29:38..that they're unable to interact the same way as they did.
29:41We used to have family social gatherings here in the garden.
29:44Everyone would come here, this was the hub.
29:46It's not like that now.
29:48No.
29:49You know, we don't have social gatherings here,
29:51which affects my dad massively.
29:53What's your take on the way he treats the dog?
29:56My dad's very soft-natured.
29:58He's not one to raise his voice.
30:00Right.
30:01So I think the dog kind of takes advantage of him a bit.
30:04Yeah.
30:05This is not a dog who was born to be the bossiest dog in the world.
30:09Far from it.
30:10And yet, he's getting away with murder.
30:12Lauren, you were telling me you've got a couple of ideas yourself
30:15of where things might be going wrong.
30:17Do you want to tell your dad?
30:18I think that you're a lovely person.
30:21You're very soft, though.
30:22And I don't think there's much authority there when it comes to Ziggy.
30:25That's probably right.
30:27Mm.
30:28So, for example, when Lauren was young,
30:30if Lauren stepped out of line and did something naughty,
30:32what happened? Did she get told off?
30:34Well, she got told off.
30:36Who by?
30:37Probably her...
30:39Probably my mother.
30:40Her mother.
30:41Her mum!
30:42Not by you!
30:43And thereby, Isaac hangs the rug, right?
30:48He's not getting sold off in any way.
30:50So, I think we need to tell him no.
30:53Yeah, I'm quite prepared to...
30:54And be consistent with him.
30:55To do that.
30:56Yeah, and be consistent.
30:57It's reached that point where, you know, it's make or break.
31:01Is grandad tough or soft?
31:03Soft.
31:04Out of the mouths of babes.
31:07Graham believes Richard's lack of authority
31:10and inconsistent approach...
31:12Oh, Ziggy!
31:14..has allowed Ziggy to run riot.
31:16Graham's probably hit the nail on the head
31:19with what he's suggested,
31:21with being a bit, um, bit firmer with Ziggy.
31:24As Richard's been burying his head
31:26by locking his house down instead of his dog,
31:29Graham wants to put that right.
31:31So, the aim today, really, is we'll get to the end of the day
31:33and we'll put the room back together.
31:35That'd be nice, wouldn't it?
31:36That would be a real treat.
31:38Starting with some of Ziggy's favourite chewables.
31:41A pair of shoes.
31:43A cushion.
31:44We'll stick that there.
31:46Ooh, and a blanket.
31:48How about that?
31:50So, I'm gonna teach Ziggy how to leave it, basically.
31:54I'm gonna walk him past a couple of items
31:56that he's not allowed to have,
31:57and when he steps away, we're gonna say, leave it.
32:00We're gonna guide him away from each of those items.
32:02So, if I take that lead...
32:04Thanks, Lauren.
32:05Come on, then. You're with me.
32:06Graham's house rules are easy to follow.
32:08Let's go over here.
32:09As soon as Ziggy shows interest in something he shouldn't...
32:12Leave it.
32:13..a clear, no-nonsense warning...
32:16Come on, Zig.
32:17What's this?
32:19Leave it.
32:20..praise for backing away...
32:22Oh, good boy.
32:23That's very good, yes!
32:25..and a reward with something he can play with.
32:28Come on, here's your reward.
32:30Come on, that.
32:31Ooh, you like that, don't you?
32:32Look, it's a chuggy toy.
32:33Yay!
32:34The message to Ziggy couldn't be simpler.
32:37These items, no.
32:39Those items, your dog toys, yes.
32:42Ziggy's listening to Graham.
32:44Leave it.
32:45Good boy!
32:47There you go.
32:48All right.
32:49Clever boy.
32:51Yeah.
32:52Much better than a cushion.
32:54But it'll only work if Richard can earn the same respect.
32:58So, you've seen what I've done.
33:00I'm gonna hand you the lead.
33:01I'm gonna perch on here.
33:03I'm not worried about Richard, actually.
33:05I'm gonna teach Richard how to do the right kind of discipline,
33:08how to set boundaries, rules, you know.
33:10All right, then.
33:11Let's see what we've got.
33:12So, you know the score.
33:13Ziggy's never listened to his dad.
33:16Leave it.
33:18So, don't quite let him out.
33:19Leave it.
33:20But with a bit more grit behind him...
33:22Leave it.
33:23Good boy.
33:24Good tone of voice, that.
33:26Leave it.
33:28That's it.
33:29Good boy.
33:30Ziggy's finally paying attention.
33:32That's a good boy.
33:33Good boy.
33:34Good boy.
33:35Oh, he's sad.
33:36Yeah, that's good.
33:37Good boy.
33:38Hey, Richard really surprised me there.
33:39He's got the right tone of voice for this.
33:41Leave it.
33:42Fair play.
33:43I didn't know he had it in him.
33:44But can he be consistent with it?
33:46Well, you're doing ever so well,
33:47so I thought, well, I won't just bring one thing.
33:49Not quite, Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen.
33:52We'll throw some cushions around.
33:54There you go.
33:55Leave it.
33:59Leave it.
34:00Leave it.
34:01Good boy.
34:02That's more like it.
34:03Oh, look at that.
34:04More furnishing, more temptation.
34:07That's it.
34:08There.
34:09There you go.
34:10But Richard's found his dad voice.
34:12Leave it.
34:13Good boy.
34:14Well done.
34:15And Ziggy's listening.
34:16Leave it.
34:20Leave it.
34:21Well done.
34:22Good boy.
34:23Perfect.
34:24Preferring his toys to the furniture for once.
34:27Oh.
34:28Hey, it's the biggest rope in the world.
34:30Are you enjoying the luxurious upholstery?
34:33It feels very odd to be sitting on the sofa with him just there.
34:37Well, I think we've got the whole room back together.
34:40It's all here, isn't it?
34:42Since he was a pup, Ziggy's been free to play by his own rules,
34:47ripping the house apart.
34:49Oh, Ziggy.
34:51Well, a little bit nervous, but we'll go for it.
34:54Yeah, let's.
34:55Can he be trusted off lead?
34:57Let's go for it.
34:58Or will he go on the tear up?
35:01Good boy.
35:03Good lad.
35:04Maybe he's trying to leave.
35:05I've got no words.
35:06Oh, really?
35:07The fact that you've managed to get all this slot back out and he's not...
35:10Yeah.
35:11...bothered.
35:12It's great, isn't it?
35:13Is that nice, Zach, having a cuddle?
35:15It's good.
35:16It's good.
35:17I think Graham's training today has been very useful.
35:21He's given us some good tips moving forward.
35:24It's nice that everything's out and Ziggy's not destroying anything.
35:30I think that you can play with Grandad again, can't you?
35:33Yeah.
35:34You'll be able to play with Grandad without Ziggy bothering you.
35:36Yeah.
35:37Well, it's been a pleasure meeting you, Rich.
35:39Thanks, Sarah.
35:40You're welcome.
35:41I'm going to leave you in peace.
35:42Thank you very much, Graham.
35:43So, yeah.
35:44Bye-bye.
35:46Coming up...
35:47Hughie!
35:48Graham's back on the case of a cockapooie-huey...
35:51Ugh!
35:52Oh, my God!
35:53..and his stomach-churning habit of munching every mutt's muck.
35:57That's Frank the Bulldog.
35:58Can we see Frank's party treat, please?
36:01Oh!
36:06Graham's almost done for the week,
36:08but he's back in Bexley, south-east London,
36:10with cockapoo Huey...
36:12No!
36:13Ugh!
36:14..who loves to chow down...
36:17Huey!
36:18Stop!
36:19..on fresh doggy-doo.
36:21Oh, my God!
36:22He will try to eat it directly
36:25as it's coming out of their bums.
36:28..a filthy habit that's turning Trish's stomach
36:31and everyone else's.
36:32Huey!
36:33Stop it!
36:34Not the sort of thing you want to be seeing,
36:36especially not first thing in the morning.
36:38With behaviour this unusual,
36:40Graham wanted a medical check before tackling the training.
36:43Ew, don't lick me face.
36:45With the all clear from the vet,
36:47it seemed Huey's faecal fascination
36:49went right back to puppyhood
36:51as the lone survivor of a litter of ten.
36:54Some dogs learn it because, as puppies,
36:56their mum will eat the poo to keep the nest clean.
36:59Is he eating more poo?
37:00Graham's got the green light to train Huey
37:03and he reckons the key is recall,
37:05getting him to turn his back on pooping pups.
37:08Now, for training, I've got a problem
37:10because, theoretically,
37:11I would need a whole line of dogs
37:12who just, like, poo on command
37:14one after the other after the other
37:15and I don't think that's going to happen.
37:17So, I'm going to have to get a bit creative.
37:21And true to form...
37:23Good boy!
37:24Graham's found a dog who does a number two on cue.
37:28There.
37:30That's Frank the Bulldog.
37:31Oh, my gosh.
37:34Can we see Frank's party trick, please?
37:40Oh!
37:41Oh, my gosh.
37:43It's a Frankfurter.
37:45Oh, Huey's going to love this.
37:47He is, isn't he?
37:48Maybe not quite as much as poo,
37:50but the theory is if Trish can recall Huey
37:53from a juicy sausage,
37:55chances are she can pull him off a dog one, too.
37:58We're going to put him on a long line
37:59so he can't actually get to the Frankfurter,
38:01although he's going to be really quite close to it
38:03and wanting it.
38:04When he comes back to us, he gets a treat.
38:07If he can do that,
38:08he should also step away from the delicious poo.
38:12And the whole thing relies on one key principle.
38:15We've got to be more exciting than poo.
38:18First, Trish needs to choose a clear recall command to stick to.
38:22All right.
38:23Normally what I say to get him back is look what I got.
38:26Oh, well, you can do that if you want.
38:27Yeah.
38:28Can we have one Frankfurter, please?
38:30Boom.
38:31There we go.
38:32Right, come on, Huey.
38:33Let's check it out.
38:34For this to work, Trish must be more exciting...
38:37Here we go.
38:38...than the potential poo.
38:40..and be clear with her commands.
38:42No!
38:43That's it.
38:44Huey!
38:45Look!
38:46Look what I got!
38:47Oh, he's got it.
38:48He's got it.
38:49And he got it.
38:50Because while you went, Huey!
38:52Oh!
38:53Not to worry.
38:54Trish gets a bit flustered and she's forgetting what to say.
38:57Trish has got to get it right.
38:59You've got to be a wee bit more decisive.
39:01Also, you went, Huey!
39:02And he's like, yeah, and?
39:04Yeah.
39:05Look!
39:06Right, which is good.
39:07And then you didn't do the next bit.
39:08Look what I got.
39:09So you went...
39:10Yeah.
39:11That's not the magic words, is it?
39:12We might have our workers out now because he's had one.
39:14Trish needs to up her game and make herself clear.
39:17Poo is off the menu.
39:20Huey!
39:21No!
39:22Look!
39:23Look what I got!
39:24Perfect.
39:25Well done.
39:26Really good.
39:27That's better.
39:28Let's go again.
39:29Right.
39:30Close enough.
39:31No!
39:32Huey!
39:33Look!
39:34Huey, look!
39:35There you go.
39:36Look what I got!
39:37Whee!
39:38Well done!
39:39So, when you get your words right, it works every time.
39:42And when Trish finds her confidence...
39:44Look!
39:45Look what I got!
39:46Yeah!
39:47Good boy!
39:48I think he's going back on purpose.
39:51Along with excitement and treats...
39:54No!
39:55Look!
39:56Look what I got!
39:57Yay!
39:58Good boy!
39:59It's time...
40:00Look!
40:01Look what I got!
40:02...after time.
40:03Yay!
40:04Hey!
40:05Clever boy.
40:06I think we've done quite well with Frank and the Frankfurters.
40:08OK.
40:09What if we go find a real dog now, doing a real poo, and put this to the test?
40:14I'm actually really excited to see if this is going to work.
40:17Tempting Huey away from a Frankfurter is one thing...
40:21Huey!
40:22...but usually getting a sniff of the real stuff...
40:25Huey!
40:26...turns this mutt into a heat-seeking poopinator.
40:29Stop it!
40:30Now they need a real-life pooping pooch.
40:39Which isn't as easy as you'd think.
40:43There's never a pooing dog when you want one, is there?
40:46There will be soon, surely.
40:47The big question is, can you call him away when there's a real pooing dog?
40:51I'm going to give it a go.
40:55Oh, here we go.
40:56Here's one.
40:58Oh, hello.
40:59If Trish is going to pry Huey off that Labrador's bum,
41:03she needs to be razor sharp.
41:05The moment the lab goes to squat, he locks on.
41:10Pulse alarm. It's a wee.
41:11But moments later...
41:13Oh, here we go. Here we go.
41:15Oh, oh!
41:16Oh!
41:17Right.
41:18Are you ready?
41:19Right, now, go on, call him.
41:22Huey!
41:23No!
41:24Look!
41:25Look what I got!
41:26Yay!
41:27Well done!
41:28Good boy!
41:29Yeah!
41:30I'm really shocked.
41:31Yeah, so am I.
41:32You got the words out right.
41:35It's proven Huey will ditch the poo if Trish nails what to do.
41:41Honestly, he's never done that.
41:43He's never turned down fresh poo like that.
41:46It's all about consistency.
41:47Yeah.
41:48I really wasn't expecting any of that to work.
41:51So I'm really pleased.
41:53Huey!
41:54No!
41:55Look!
41:56Look what I got!
41:57So Huey, who was the only puppy out of ten to survive,
42:01has a happy future ahead of him now.
42:03And if we should happen to give her a bit of a lick and a kiss in future,
42:06well, it's no worse than the average dog now, is it?
42:09No!
42:10No!
42:11No!
42:12No!
42:13No!
42:14Richard's new house rules seem to be working.
42:17We've managed to keep the house looking more of a home.
42:19And Zach is able to play while Ziggy just relaxes.
42:25Graham's puppy school students have been revising hard.
42:30Good girl!
42:32And Loki might even be head of the class.
42:37And in South East London...
42:39I just wanted to let you know how Huey Pooey is getting on.
42:43He's been a lot better.
42:45It's not been 100% perfect, but we're still getting there.
42:50And, yeah, thank you so much for all your help.
42:53If you think your badly behaved dog could do with Graham's help,
42:56then why not get in touch?
42:58Details can be found at www.channel5.com forward slash take part.
43:06Ziggy, no!
43:08And Dogs Behaving Very Badly continues next Tuesday at 8.
43:11A suspected case of sepsis means that every second really does count
43:15at Casualty 24-7, new tomorrow at 8.
43:18Watch out, Captain.
43:19The birds of a feather ladies are looking for a good time
43:22on board the good shit murder.
43:24New drama, next.
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